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J, H. RAND.

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MPLICATIOH FILED own. 1917.

Patent-ed DEC- 17, 1918.

JAMES H. RAND, OF NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 1'7, ieis.

Application filed October 29, 1917. Serial No. 199,019.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES H. RAND, citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and resident of Newton, in the county of Middlesex and State ofMassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Indexes, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to card indexes of the overlapping card, visibleindex type, and has to do mainly with novel and improved devices forsupporting cards in the frame.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate a preferred embodiment ofthe invention I Figure l is a front elevation of part of an indexcontaining the invention;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the individual supporting andspacing bars;

Fig. 3 is'a plan view of one of the bars with the wire on which the cardis hung;

Fig. 4 is a front elevation of one of the wires and its attached card;

Fig. 5 is a front elevation of a modification; and

Fig. 6 is a sectional detail on line 66 of I Fig. 1.

The usual frame or panel A, preferably.

made of sheet metal, is proyided with the usual bent flanges a at itsside edges, constituting inwardly facing channels for 'receiving theends of the card supporting devices.

Each card supporting device comprises a bar B of resilient sheet metal,bent over upon itself at each end as shown at b and thence inwardlytoward the face of the bar as shown at b. The inwardly bent ends 3) areprovided with 1 holes or apertures Z2 which constitute sockets for theends of card supportingwire D.

The card C is attached at its upper edge to the wire D by being foldedover the wire,

and the folded margin 0 (Fig. 6) fastened,

preferably by paste or cement to the body of the card, so that the foldof the card fits snugly around the wire. The card may however be shiftedlengthwise of the wire, or the wire may be wholly removed. l

The ends of'the bars B which'are resilient are inserted in the channelsof the frame by springing .the bars at the middle to contact thedistance between the ends sufficiently to pass. the ends past theflanges a The bent-over ends 25 fill the channels and troduced intotheir holes.

To inspect any card the next overlying card, and those above it, areswung upwardlv on their hinges, one member of each hinge being thesocket at the end of the bar B, and the other hinge member being the endof the wire.

The inwardly bent ends 5 of the several bars form substantiallycontinuous walls which close the channels of the frame and normallyprevent any accidental lateral displacement of the cards on theirseveral wires. Should it be desired however to provide for lateraldisplacement of the cards so that a particular card which it is desiredto consult may serve as a signal and guide to its location, themodification illustrated in Fig. 5 may be used, wherein each card is cutaway at the top as shown at 0' so that it may be shifted lengthwise ofits wire a 1imited distance as illustrated at 0 for instance.

The cards C may be cards or sheets on which entries and records ofvarious sorts are kept, or they may be holders for other cards in whichcase a pocket E of transparent sheet celluloid or other suitablematerial is provided at the lower edge of each card to receive asuitable card insert. In either case the bars will hold the cards insuitable spaced relation to expose the margins of the cards for indexingpurposes.

I claim 1. An index comprising a frame, means disposed along each sidemargin of the frame having a series of'separate and independent inwardlyfacing sockets spaced apart, a series of card supportingwires havingtheir ends mounted in opposlte sockets,

and a series of cards supported by said wires.

2. An index comprising a frame having inwardly facing channels, a seriesof bars .having their ends mounted in the channels,

a series of card supporting wires having their ends pivoted to theseveral bars and a series of cards supported by the wires.

3. An index comprisinga frame having inwardly facing channels, a seriesof bars having their ends mounted in the channels,

the bars having socket members at each end,

itself at its ends and the inwardly bent ends beingprovided withsockets, a series of supporting wires having their ends mounted in saidsockets, and a series of cards supported by the wires.

5. An index comprising a frame having inwardlv facing channels, a seriesof bars of resilient metal, each bar being bent over and inwardly uponitself at its ends and the inwardly bent ends being provided withapertures constitutins sockets, the bent over ends being removablymounted in the channels of the frame, a series of supporting wireshaving their ends mounted in said resales apertures, and a series ofcards supported by'the wires.

6. A card supporting device for indexes comprising a bar of sheet metalbent over and inwardly upon itself at its ends, the inwardly bent endsbeing provided with apertures constituting sockets'and a wire extendingbetween said inwardly bent ends having its ends mounted in saidapertures.

7. A card supporting device for indexes comprising a bar having aportion near each vend benttransversely of the plane of the 9, A cardsupporting device for indexes comprising a bar adapted to be supportedat its ends in the guide channels of a. frame, and a card supportingwire removably attached to said bar.

Signed by me at Boston, Massachusetts this twenty-second'day of October,1917.

James H. RAND.

